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Peds
In a near-future world where the car is king and the people are divided between those who ride on a network of highways connecting the glittering hubs of the city, and those left on foot -- the lowly "Peds" -- who inhabit the lands that lie between them, Robert Balkoner has always believed these latter, even if disadvantaged, are well cared for by the city as a whole. These beliefs are shattered, however, when a freak auto accident thrusts him among the Peds, and he discovers a system more varied, complex, and sometimes horrific, than anything he might have imagined. Yet even here Balkoner also can find love, as well as a handful of rebels willing to barter their lives in a quest to improve conditions for themselves and their fellows. A novelette.
The Garden
James Dorr's novella takes us to a mysterious garden, an oasis of plenty in the midst of a blighted New England countryside. From there, however, we enter a world of cutting edge biochemistry, experimentation with DNA and implanted memories, of modifications of near-microscopic life, albeit still in a gothic setting more reminiscent, perhaps, of authors like Hawthorne or Poe. Add to this setting the reclusive daughter, Alma Sharp, of an almost legendary invertebrate zoologist, mix with a graduate student from Boston, Steven Kerridge, whose upcoming thesis is based on the work of Sharp's father, and what results is a cocktail of science and love, of death and horror, a horror that ultimately will spill out to the world beyond-The Garden, by James Dorr.
Strange mistresses
Strange Mistresses: Tales of Wonder & Romance offers the first comprehensive -- and long awaited -- collection of James Dorr's work. Introduction by Marge Simon. Cover art by A.B. Word. Short stories included are "When Cats Are Away," "The Sending," "Polundnitsa," "Vanitas," "Bitter Perfume," "The Candle Room," "Dust," "The Labyrinth," "Nixies," "The Calm," "The Riverman's Daughter," "The Snow Wraith," The Wellmaster's Daughter," and "Victorians." Poetry included are "Leaves," "Frankenstein's Mistress," "The Instrument Maker," "The Birdcatchers," "The White Worm," "Titanomachy," "The Flight of Yuan, From the Phoenix Tower," "There Is a Comfort," "Medusa's Daughter," "Night Child," Kiki in the Museum of Life's Pain," "La Meduse," and "The Esthete.
TOMBS
It had been a time when the world needed legends, those years so long past now. Because there was something else legends could offer, or so the Poet believed. He didn't know quite whatghouls were not skilled at imagination. Their world was a concrete one, one of stone and flesh. Struggle and survival. Survival predicated on others' deaths. Far in the future, when our sun grows ever larger, scorching the earth. When seas become poisonous and men are needed to guard the crypts from the scavengers of the dead. A ghoul-poet will share stories of love and loss, death and resurrection. Tombs is a beautifully written examination of the human condition of life, love, and death, through the prism of a dystopian apocalypse."
Darker Loves
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The Great Tome of Darkest Horrors and Unspeakable Evils
The Great Tome series continues with The Great Tome of Darkest Horrors and Unspeakable Evils. This volume features eleven tales revolving around monsters, evil aliens, and otherworldly entities. Includes: The Black Lady by Taylor Harbin Breath of the Black God by Robert Lee Whittaker Bone Man and the Sleeping Kings by Heather Morris Back for Blood by Milo James Fowler Pillar of Fire by N. Immanuel Velez Twenty Steps by Francis Sparks The Taking of Michael McConnelly by Kevin Wallis Hybrid by Lucas Pederson Pavlov's Dogs by James Dorr Metamorphosis by Barbara Harvey Carter A Candle for Imbolc by Julie Ann Dawson
The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts
The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts presents fifteen original speculative tales of magical items, cursed relics, ancient artifacts, and alien devices. Volume One of The Great Tome Series features: The Candle Room by James S. Dorr The Heart of Irelda by Jeff Sullins Her Long Hair Shining by Simon Kewin Digging for Paradise by Ian Creasey Light Bringer by Deborah Walker The Nimrod Lexicon by Taylor Harbin Life Sentence by Miranda Stewart The Shepherd by CB Droege The Rightful Owner by Linda Tyler The Head of John the Baptist by G. Miki Hayden The Binding Agent by Douglas J. Ogurek Seamus Tripp and the Golden Plates by Richard Walsh and Jon Garrett Oracle at Delphi Street by Jon Etter Special Collections by Jon Etter The Djinn at the Wheel by Kathy L. Brown
The Great Tome of Cryptids and Legendary Creatures
The Great Tome series continues with The Great Tome of Cryptids and Legendary Creatures. This volume features over a dozen tales drawn from fantastic creatures found in folklore and urban legends. The Voice of Thunder by Taylor Harbin The Burryman by Vonnie Winslow Crist Hunting a Legend by Derek Muk Field Study by T.C. Powell Cats in the Cradle by Matthew Smallwood The Stalker by James Dorr Shapes in the Water by Calvin Demmer The Bad, Bad Luck of Judson Worley by Rob Munns The Ghost of Arriscado Basin by Jon Michael Kelley Sutan by Derek Muk Hoofquake by CB Droege Eleven Essential Items to Bring When Planning Selfies with Bigfoot by Sarina Dorie Dark Fin by Mark Charke Other books in the series: The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts The Great Tome of Darkest Horrors and Unspeakable Evils The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places
Airships & Automatons
Tales from a world that should have been... Fifteen stories spanning the ages from ancient Greece and a far-flung dying future: A COURTLY DIVERSION by Gary Cuba THE DOG-FACED CANNIBAL by Christine Purcell ALL THE KING’S MONSTERS by Megan Arkenberg THE THING WITH FEATHERS by Cora Pop MEMPHIS BBQ by Cat Rambo A HORRIFIED MIND by Ferrel D. Moore IN CHAINS LIGHTER THAN AIR by Nghi Vo THE UNICYCLIST’S FATE by Michael J Deluca IRON & BRASS, BLOOD & BONE by Alma Alexander THE TROUBLE WITH BOMBS by Jay Caselberg TAKING FLIGHT by E.G. Gaddess AN URCHIN, AN ADVENTREMAN by Eric Del Carlo FLIGHT OF THE PEGASUS by Darin Kennedy GRINDSTONE by Jay Lake RAISING THE DEAD by James Dorr
